The Livingston Family!

While we were staying at the Ponderosa Campground, Preston played with two little boys his age. They rode bikes together and played with each other at the Campground  park. It wasn't until 5 minutes before we left when Mom went over and introduced herself. The Livingston Family has 4 boys: Mark, Asher, Adin and Mason. They are from Monroe, Louisiana and are going to be traveling in their RV for 6 months. They are Christians and they also home-school. My Dad offered for them to stop by and come stay at our place. That next week, they emailed and said they are headed our way! Their RV is 40 feet long (!) and they are also towing a van, so it would have been hard to drive it over our cattleguard. Dad suggested that they stay in the pullout across the highway by our mailbox. They unhooked their van way quicker than I imagined and drove down to our house for dinner. Since they are gluten free, Mom made gluten free spaghetti casserole and it tasted the same, surprisingly! They told us the next morning when they woke up, there were 4 other RVs in the pullout next to them!!

Mrs. Livingston bought all the food for the BBQ at the beach the second night!

Dad and Mr. Livingston talking about Masonry Heaters. :)

Preston stuck Mark in the ropeswing and I think he almost touched the clouds...

Adin in the toddler swing.

Mason liked it too!

Asher and Mason hovering over the food!

Adin played with the trucks.

Mark and Preston were like two peas in a pod.

Adin on the ropeswing.

Uncle Paul came down for a visit.

Mom and Mrs. Livingston!

Bennett likes to chill out...

Mrs. Livingston and cute little Mason!

There were lots of tomatoes left over after everyone was done eating, so Dad stuck 'em on a shish kabob and had them for an after dinner snack!

Tilly loves the ropeswing too!

The Livingston Family!

S'mores for dessert!

Mom and Tilly.

A beautiful sunset ended the fun day! I think Asher might have met ninjas that had a net!! ;)

I loved their little chihuahua, "Niko"!

Isn't she CUTE?!?!!

The Prayer Circle...a good way to send people on their way!

Where's the blue popsicle? :)

Dad is building a pizza oven...

The Livingston's told us that they were heading to Glacier National Park, but they needed to stop in Bozeman first to pick up their mail. Before they left, we told them they could come watch Preston's soccer game in Livingston the next day if they wanted to. They emailed us the next morning and said they would meet us there!

Reunited!

Aunt Mauray came too....we had our own fan club!

Mason. :)

Preston and Mark.

We had to go shopping in Bozeman, so we just followed them back. We sent Preston with them, so the boys would have a little more time to play. In the afternoon, we met up with them at Goodwill. We of course, went to Lowe's and they followed...I guess every guy always needs SOMETHING at Lowe's!! We had a nice dinner with them at Wendy's. We followed them back to their RV in the Walmart parking lot and did some shopping at Walmart (we don't really go to Walmart-fall-apart anymore, because it creeps everybody out!) while we were there.

Cody, Wyoming!

Part 2!

After visiting the Buffalo Bill Dam &Visitors Center, Cody was just 7.5 miles away. All of the sudden, you're in Cody...it seemed like the visitors center was in the middle of nowhere! We took a spin drive around town looking for a good campground. We ended up at the Ponderosa Campground which was 45 bucks!! We're used to Walmart parking lots--FREE! =) But, it was a very fun campground. We of course got two spots right next to each other AND it was right by a playground which the kids loved. It was in our "backyard"! It was also pet friendly, which we needed for the Koontz's dog, Miller. There were teepees there too, which we visited a lot. The funniest part of our camping experience was when Dad and I planned a sneak attack on Uncle Jeff with the fart machine. :) While they were talking, I snuck up behind Uncle Jeff and placed it underneath his chair. Somehow he discovered it but he went right along with the joke. Aunt Jill didn't have a clue what was happening, which was the funniest part!! The parents were laughing so hard they were crying. HAHA.......

Double awning shade!

Sites #5 & #6--right by the playground.

Dakota and Sierra in the teepees!

A very elegant pose by Dakota. :)

We ate dinner early so we could make it to the Irma Hotel for the nightly shootout.

All of us were entertained!

Is this what happens when you come out of the outhouse?!

After we got ice cream downtown we walked back to the campground with the sunset leading our way "home".

The playground:

Sierra and Preston.

The next morning, Uncle Jeff and I made "Mountain Man" breakfast in their dutch oven. It was super good!!

Dad, drinking coffee. :)

After we checked out, we all drove to Walmart to get a few last minute things. That is where we said our goodbyes....:'(

No dry eyes in this picture.

We headed separate ways: the ol' Sundancer headed back to her retirement home and the Koontz's were Tennessee bound. :( We took the Chief Joseph Highway back home and it was so pretty!! The only thing was it was 8% grade and we even got into 1st gear once!

 I went outside and saw this cool web with sprinkler water on it! Once again, I love the macro setting for close up shots. :)